Monday, November 26, 2012

November 26 - Supper Time

Vlad III Dracula defeats Basarab Laiota with the help of Stephen the Great and Stephen V Bathory and becomes the ruler of Wallachia for the third time.

1778

In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.

1789

A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States as recommended by President George Washington and approved by Congress.

1842

The University of Notre Dame is founded.

1922

Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in over 3000 years.Toll of the Sea debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone Technicolor.

1965

In the Hammaguir launch facility in the Sahara Desert, France launches a Diamant-A rocket with its first satellite, Asterix-1 on board, becoming the third country to enter outer space.